American National Security Anxieties During The Cold War

After decades of political turmoil during World War II and the subsequent rise of the Cold War, American national security anxieties began to turn inward in the early 1950s. The clash between the United States, an international defender of democracy and capitalism, and the Soviet Union, a rival superpower working tirelessly to prevent the expansion of capitalism into its communist stronghold, was more than just an ideological competition – rather, the two powers were battling to rid the world of the corrupt, inhumane evil that they perceived their opponent to be. This conflict, the Cold War, was accentuated by fears of another violent worldwide struggle following half a century of devastating wars. Thus, anxieties seeped into every aspect of